FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the creator of Porsche's 911 sports car, has died at age 76, Porsche said on Thursday. A grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the Stuttgart-based sports car maker and developed the Volkswagen Beetle under a contract with the Nazis in the 1930s, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche invented the 911 model in ...
AFP Relax News – 2 hrs 42 mins ago An international panel of automotive journalists has voted the Porsche 911 the 2012 World Performance Car in New York. The World Performance Car Award is presented by the World Car of the Year organization in recognition of a new car with 'a specific and overt sports/performance orientation' -- the Porsche ...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — He designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car — the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados — cementing his grandfather's name into the modern psyche Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, Porsche AG said. No cause was provided. Porsche, known as F.A. to his colleagues, ...